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1993-10-14MINUTES OF OCTOBER 14, 1993 MEETING MEMBERS PRESENT - CHAIRMAN VINNIE COTREAU, BILL LISS, NANCY LODGE, ALIX SMALL, CLAYTON SMALL AND ASSOCIATE MEMBER, DAVID LANG. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:45 P.M. MOTION TO RECESS FOR PUBLIC HEARING SESSION MADE BY BILL LISS AND SECONDED BY NANCY LODGE. ALL IN FAVOR. FIRST PUBLIC HEARING: CONTINUED HARRY FAUST, REPRESENTING, LOTS A&B BOYDEN ST. DEP FILE #5-445. A NEW PLAN WAS SUBMITTED JUST TODAY FOR THE 2 LOTS. PROPOSING TO TURN THE HOUSE. BILL LISS - RE: BOYDEN ST. TURNAROUND OR A DEAD END. FAUST - EXPLAINED THE ROAD END, NOT TO BE PAVED, NOR ANY FURTHER CONSTRUCTION. NANCY LODGE - QUESTIONED THE FLAGGING. FAUST - YES AND THE FLAGS ARE MARKED. CLAYTON SMALL - PLANS RE: DECKING. FAUST - NOT AT THIS POINT, JUST HOUSE FOOTPRINTS. FERNS AND MAPLES IN THE AREA. DAVID LANG - EXPLANATION OF THE FLAGGED AREA. NANCY LODGE - ROADS - GRAVEL OR PAVED. ALSO, GARAGE AND A BASEMENT. CHAIRMAN - THE ROADS ARE OWNED BY THE CITY AND ARE PAVED. FAUST - NO GARAGE NOR A FULL BASEMENT ARE PLANNED. NANCY LODGE - CITY SEWER HOOK UP. FAUST - THERE IS AN EJECTOR PUMP SYSTEM FED THROUGH THE 2 HOUSES. DAVID LANG - WHY ARE THE 2 LOTS THIS WAY. FAUST - FOR FRONTAGE PURPOSES. DAVID LANG - HOW MUCH SPACE, VEGETATED SPACE. FAUST - NOT SURE, IT IS EITHER VEGETATED OR A DRIED UP STREAM BED. BILL LISS - ACTUAL DIMENSIONS TO THE HOUSE. FAUST - 28 X 42 APPROXIMATELY, BOTH ARE THE SAME SIZE. ALSO, IF THE HOUSE IS SMALL 24 X 32, IS IT A PROBLEM. CHAIRMAN - NOT A PROBLEM. BILL LISS - WANTS MEASURMENTS OF HOUSE ON PLAN. CHAIRMAN - THIS ABUTS ONE SIDE OF MAPLEWOOD VILLAGE. CLAYTON SMALL - DRIVEWAY. FAUST - THE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE THE TURNAROUND. CHAIRMAN - THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM FOR A DRIVEWAY. NANCY LODGE - RE: THE BANK AND WILDLIFE. CHAIRMAN - THE PROJECT IS NOT TOUCHING THE BANK, THE STREAM GOES THROUGH THE BANK. BILL LISS - MOTIONED TO CLOSE THE HEARING THAT THE INFORMATION IS SUFFICIENT AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. CHAIRMAN TO FAUST - PUT THE DIMENSIONS OF THE HOUSE ON THE PLAN, REVISED PLAN OR THE FILE AND TO BE DATED BEFORE ISSUING THE ORDER OF CONDITIONS. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING: #5-451 LOT 6 GROVER STREET REPRESENTING, VASEK TALACKO FROM HANCOCK SURVEY IN DANVERS. ALSO PRESENT, DAVID AND APRIL FELLOWS, THE APPLICANTS. LOT 6 = 20 ACRES. THE DRIVEWAY IS COMING OFF OF DODGE STREET. THE ROAD PASSES THROUGH 3 WETLANDS. NOT PLANNING TO FILL, JUST TO USE THE ROAD, TO INSTALL 2 CULVERTS. A POND EXISTS UPSTREAM. THE WATER DOES NOT FLOW OVER THE ROAD JUST "MEANDERS" OVER THE ROAD. THE HOUSE WILL BE OUTSIDE THE BUFFER ZONE. DAVID LANG - DO THE WETLANDS EXTEND FURTHER NORTH OR SOUTH. VASEK - YES, THEY DO. 8 ACRES OF A WATERSHED AREA, NOT A LARGE DRAINAGE AREA. DAVID LANG - WATER AND WHEN. VASEK - THE WATER DRIES UP IN THE SUMMER. NANCY LODGE - ANY CHANCE OF VERNAL POOLS. VASEK - THERE IN JULY AND AUGUST AND NOT DRY AND NOT A VERNAL POOL THE POND IS 500' AWAY FROM THE PROJECT. CHAIRMAN - IS THERE A STREAM. VASEK - A SWALE WITH VEGETATION. CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMISSIONERS WANT A SITE VISIT. CLAYTON SMALL - CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AND WILL A BACKHOE BE USED. VASEK - THE ROAD IS ALREADY THERE. -GRAVEL BED WILL BE PUT DOWN AND REMOVE THE LOAM, -REMOVE STONE, PUT IN CULVERTS, WILL USE A SMALL BULLDOZER TO GRADE THE ROAD. CHAIRMAN - IS THE AREA FLAGGED. VASEK - YES. CLAYTON SMALL - WATER FLOW AND HOW MUCH. VASEK - A 10 YEAR STORM - 6 CUBIC FEET/PER SECOND. 100 YEAR STORM - 14 CUBIC FEET/PER SECOND. CLAYTON SMALL - OUTFLOW SIDE - QUESTIONED RIP RAP. VASEK - THERE ARE LARGE STONES THERE. HEARING CONTINUED - NOVEMBER 4TH. SITE VISIT - SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 31, 11:00 A.M. THIRD PUBLIC HEARING: #5-450 DODGE STREET LOT i (AS ABOVE) THE HOUSE IS OUTSIDE THE BUFFER ZONE. ALSO INCLUDES A DRIVEWAY, FENCE AND A 12" CULVERT. THE EXISTING ROADWAY IS A COW PATH. TO CONSTRUCT A FENCE ON THE WETLANDS SIDE. TO PUT IN A CULVERT, NO WETLAND BUT DOES GET FLOODED IN THE SPRING. TO PUT IN A 12" CULVERT AND TO PROTECT THE DRIVEWAY FROM THE WATER BUILDING UP UNDERNEATH. WILL GKADEAND PUT GRAVEL DOWN. .DAVID LANG - RE: NO PIPE. VASEK - DID NOT SEE ONE, REASON FOR ADDING ONE. NANCY LODGE - FENCE. VASEK - POST AND RAIL. CHAIRMAN- FLAGGING, HAVE SOMEONE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS (AT THE SITE VISIT). DAVID LANG - SEWER PIPE. VASEK - NONE, THERE WILL BE WELLS, NO WATER SERVICES. DAVID LANG - IS THIS IN THE WATERSHED OVERLAY DISTRICT. VASEK - YES, IT HAS ALL BEEN TAKEN UP AT THE PLANNING BOARD. ALSO, NO PERMITS FROM THE STATE ARE NEEDED. HEARING CONTINUED - NOVEMBER 4TH. RECONVENE - BILL LISS MOTIONED AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. FIRST: REQUEST/DETERMINATION/APPLICABILITY: EDWARD KRUKONIS 210 COMMON LANE HOUSE ADDITION THERE IS A 186' FOOTPRINT. THE AMOUNT OF SOIL DISTURBED WILL BE WHAT WILL BE USED TO INSTALL THE FOOTINGS. THE DRIVEWAY RUNOFF IS ONTO COMMON LANE. WILL PLACE A SILTATION FENCE UP. THIS A 2-STORY ADDITION. A SLOPED AREA COMING DOWN, SEES NO IMPACT DUE TO THE AREA OF THE LAND. BILL LISS - TO STAKE OUT THE AREA OF PROPOSED ADDITION. SITE VISIT SUNDAY OCT 31ST. KRUCONIS WANTS TO TAKE A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ONLY WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE. SECOND: REQUEST/DETERMINATION/APPLICABILITY: MASS. ELECTRIC COMPANY REPRESENTING, DAVID THERRIEN, SR. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR. PROJECT: CABLE CROSSING - DANVERS RIVER AND THE HARBOR MASTERS PARKING LOT. 6: DIAMETER SOLID CABLE. INSULATED WRAP. THE 3 CABLES THERE NOW, ARE LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 91, ALSO HAVE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 10 PERMIT. MUST MOVE OBSTRUCTING BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. NANCY LODGE - CONCERNED WITH HOT SPOTS STIRRING UP URANIUM. CHAIRMAN - THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. THESE CABLES ONLY LAID ON THE TOP. ALIX SMALL - RE: TO BOSTON MAGAZINE ARTICLE LAYING CABLE WILL STIR UP THINGS UNDER THE WATER. THERRIEN - THE CABLES WILL LAY ON TOP, THERE WiLL BE NO STIRRING UP OF ANYTHING. DAVID LANG - RE: MOVING CABLE. THERRIEN - THESE ARE REPLACEMENT CABLES. LOW IMPACT WAY OF DOING THIS PROJECT, THE PRACTICE IS "TO ABANDON" OLD CABLE IN PLACE. CLAYTON SMALL - BORING THROUGH THE SEAWALL ON THE BEVERLY SIDE? THERRIEN - DOUBLE WALL - PROCEDURE HALF THE WALL, THEN THE OTHER HALF FOR PROTECTION. A PROPOSED MANHOLE 13' OFF THE CORNER ADJACENT TO THE HARBOR MASTER BUILDING. DAVID LANG - QUESTIONED FLUIDS. THERRIEN - LOW VOLTAGE, SUB TRANSMISSION. DPW COMMISSION, GEORGE ZAMBOURAS - ASKED HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE HARBOR MASTER AND THE HARBOR AUTHORITY? THERRIEN - MASS. ELECTRIC 'MET WITH THEM TONIGHT FOR. THE INSTALLATION OF THE MANHOLE. DPW COMMISSION - FROM MY DEPARTMENT, YOU WILL NEED: STREET OPENING PERMIT AND THE BOARD'S APPROVAL. THE WALL AT THE BOTTOM IS STONE DRY-FACED, TO SUBMIT STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS AS TO THE PROCEEDINGS. THIS IS JUST TO MAKE YOU AWARE. THERRIEN - THIS IS A STATE REIMBURSED PROJECT. BILL LISS - AFTER ALL THE NECESSARY APPROVAL, WHEN WILL THIS BE DONE? THERRIEN - BY MARCH, CABLE AND MANHOLE IN NOVEMBER AND INSTALLED IN DECEMBER TO JANUARY. BILL LISS - RESTRAINTS RE: FISH REGULATIONS. THERRIEN - THERE IS NO PROBLEM, THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS. NANCY LODGE - RE: CLAM FLATS BEING DISTURBED. CHAIRMAN - NO DISTURBANCE WILL TAKE PLACE. CLAYTON SMALL - CUTTING OFF AT THE MUDLINES, WHAT IS EXPOSED? THERRIEN - IT WILL BE SEALED AT THE END. CLAYTON SMALL - RE: BRIDGE FOOTINGS, CUT THROUGH THE CABLE? THERRIEN -'YES. BILL LISS TO DPW COMMISSIONER - MOTIONED FOR A NEGATIVE DETERMINATION AND ASKED WOULD THE CITY BE PROTECTED? DPW COMMISSIONER - THE TIES ON LAND, ASKED IF MASS. ELECTRIC WILL WORK AROUND THE CLOCK? THERRIEN - COULD BE - IF THE CONNECTIONS ARE A LENGTHY PROCESS, THAT COULD BE THE CASE. GEORGE ZAMBOURAS - WHEN THE BOARD MAKES THE FULL APPROVAL, I WILL MAKE MINE. CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED THE MOTION MADE BY BILL LISS. NANCY LODGE IS IN OPPOSITION AND ALIX SMALL CHOSE NOT TO VOTE ON THIS ISSUE. THREE (3) ARE IN FAVOR. ORDER OF CONDITIONS: FAUST CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED STANDARDS AND BILL LISS SECONDED THE.MOTION (PLAN REVISION). ALL IN FAVOR. FOR CERTIFICATES/COMPLIANCE: LOT 14 #5-384 SHAW ESTATES OSTROWSKI TABLED. BUTLER 70 MODDLEBURY LANE #5-184 BILL LISS MOTIONED TO GRANT IT AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. PARTIAL GROVER ST. LOTS A&B #5-430 BILL LISS MOTIONED TO GRANT IT AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. LOT 42 ESSEX STREET #5-408 (SUPERCEDING) THIS IS TO RELEASE THE LIEN, STATE ALREADY ISSUED ONE. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO ISSUE THIS AND ALIX SMALL SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR. CHERRY HILL PARK : MEMBERS HAVE THE COMMUNICATION EXPLAINING THE APPLYING FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE. CLAYTON SMALL MOTIONED TO ISSUE PERMIT EXTENSIONS TO BRING THIS ENTIRE PROJECT UP TO DATE AND ALIX SMALL SECONDED THE MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR. ADJOURNMENT: 9:30 P.M. MARIE S. COTREAU/CLERK BILL LISS MADE THE MOTION AND CLAYTON SMALL SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR.